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ArchiveRoseinnes Daniel Phahle by Allison Drew
… Johannesburg, which was run by the Community of the Resurrection, a monastic order then headed in South … while a high school student. Under the leadership…
PlaceAG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
… This is a bronze plaque on a cairn at the top of the Ecca Pass, 12 km South of Grahamstown. It was erected in 1964 by the Historical Monuments Commission in…
Cape Flats Details - Life and Popular Art in Cape Town’s Townships
… Author : Chris Ledochowski This book is the culmination of 10 years of documenting life in the Cape Flats African and Coloured townships of Cape Town by one…
ArchiveBanned
… Statement calling on the public to support a petition of the Students Representative Council of the University of Cape Town, asking the United Party to…
Banned
… Statement calling on the public to support a petition of the Students Representative Council of the University of Cape Town, asking the United Party to…
ANC Gauteng Province pays tribute to Comrade Lawrance Phokanoka,15 July 2005
… dips its banner in tribute and honour to a stalwart of our national democratic revolution, Comrade Lawrance … in the Limpopo Province, passed away on the…
PlaceNewlands
… garden and an oak plantation. It remained the property of the VOC, and over the years became a gracious residence … 'New land'. In 1791 the property was sold…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 700 deaths and the displacement of up to 500 000 people. The organization and savagery of the conflict led to terror in the…
PlaceRooigrond
… Rooigrond was a Rural Community 16km of Mafikeng and 25km South-West of Ottoshoop, in the former fomeland of Bophuthatswana, (now the North West Province)…
The Gandhi You May not Know by Rajmohan Gandhi
… Ba. But by far the most vivid recollections I have are of his two final years, which were often spent in Delhi, … and later in Birla House. I was then…
Bishop Tutu’s 1999 interview on NewsHour
… against apartheid in South Africa, including a reprise of several of his appearances on this program. CHAIRMAN : I call upon … his campaign against apartheid…
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
… in Marikana. Nearly three years later, on the afternoon of June 25 2015, with no warning to the families of those killed, President Jacob Zuma announced that…
PlaceAluin Krantz West, a Farm Near Alexandria
… Located in the Sundays River Valley, in the District of Cacadu District Municipality, Eastern Cape. Aluin Krantz … elevation Above Sea Level is; 199 metres…
PlaceAkkoordskop, a Hill in the Western Cape
… The ‘Mauritius’ was one of the sea vessels, sent from the Netherlands, to find a … It was captained by Cornelius de Houtman. The journal of their Sea journey…
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… The Conservatory was designed and erected by Boyd & Son, of Paisley, in Scotland, who dismantled the original building … Elizabeth, where it was re-erected…
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… by South African forces on 11 August 1963*. This was one of the first instances of across border abductions in this period, dating from the early 1960s when…
EventBasutoland (now Lesotho) becomes British territory
… Moshoeshoe is credited as "the father of the Basotho people" as he was responsible for the creation of Lesotho (The Basotho Kingdom), and the drawing…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… The Pretoria City Council started a permanent collection of paintings from artists such as the German Baroque painter … van Goyen (1596 – 1656) for its…
PlaceStanger, now officially known as KwaDukuza
… in 1872 and was named after the first Surveyor-General of the then Colony of Natal, William Stanger. KwaDukuza which incorporates the Town of Stanger and…
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… In 1657 the VOC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain to a number of free burghers under the leadership of Steven Bothma. The farm Welgelegen was…
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… Richard Msimang and George Montsio called for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native National … where Seme was the keynote speaker, and…
EventThe Erasmus Commission’s report implicates Rhoodie, Mulder and van den Bergh in SA’s infamous ‘Information Scandal’
… widely regarded as the single event that heralded the end of B. J. Voster 's term as State President of South Africa. In an attempt to deflect attention from…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
… views, how would you answer this, particularly the charge of being a communist-controlled organisation? TAMBO: It is … to observe that this has been a…
ArchiveOttilie Abrahams: An Honest and Upright Person by Harry Boesak (Pambazuka News), 14 July 2018
… Ottilie Abrahams was undoubtedly one of the most remarkable personalities of contemporary Namibia. She led through example as a … a new generation. During…
Press Conference Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who escaped from prison in South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 2 January 1980, Lusaka
… like to state in my preliminary remarks that the overthrow of the hated and criminal policies that prevails in South Africa requires first that the worst…
Press Conference Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who escaped from prison in South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 2 January 1980, Lusaka
… like to state in my preliminary remarks that the overthrow of the hated and criminal policies that prevails in South Africa requires first that the worst…
Place'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
… Bartholomew Dias and his crew landed with his men on 3rd of February 1488, but Mossel Bay's History can be traced back, with the help of Archaeological…
PlaceClanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
… for its rooibos tea and oranges. Situated at the foot of the Cedarberg Range where the Dissels River flows into the … in September 1964. The District…
ANC AND 1999 ELECTION NOMINATION LIST
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions COSATU has taken a firm stand that the federation will not be drawing up a list of its own people to be given to…
EventLiberia is established
… On 26 July 1847 the Liberian Declaration of Independence was signed and Liberia became a sovereign nation. The story of Liberia is different from other…